Phosphorylation of GroEL, DnaK and other proteins from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans grown under different conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Seeger, Michael ^a   Osorio, Gonzalo ^a   Jerez, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chaperone phosphorylation; DnaK; GroEL; Stress response and protein phosphorylation; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STRESS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0029931616     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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